12-Day Luxury Cairo & Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise

from $3300
Duration: 12 Days /11 Nights
Type: private Tour
Run: Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Overview:

Explore the wonders of ancient Egypt in style in this 12-day Luxury Egypt Tour with Cairo and Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise. This exclusive Egypt travel package takes you through the main landmarks of Cairo—for instance, the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum—before you continue to one of the best luxury Egypt tours aboard the Oberoi Zahra. Moving along the Nile, visit ancient sites such as Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings, Edfu, Kom Ombo, and Philae Temple in utter comfort. Offering 5-star accommodation, private guided tours, and impeccable hospitality, this is one of the most unforgettable luxury trips to Egypt, offering in-depth culture and elevated travel for a truly first-class touch.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival Cairo - Welcome to land of the Pharaoh’s

Around Egypt Tours representative will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then drive you to the hotel in an air-conditioned deluxe car. The representative will assist you in checking in at the hotel and discuss your 12-Day Luxury Cairo & Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise program with you to confirm pick-up time for every one of the tours. Overnight in Cairo at the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at First Residence. Welcome Drink.


Day 2: Memphis /Pyramids / Sakkara

Breakfast at the hotel, and then you will be driven by your personal guide to view Memphis, the ancient capital of Old Egypt of the Old Kingdom. Then visit the Step Pyramid at Sakkara, which was built by the architect Imhotep for his master, King Zoser. Lunch at a quality standard restaurant during the trip. Afterwards, continue your Egypt luxury tour with a visit to the famous pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus at Giza. After that, go to the Great Sphinx. Also go to the Valley Temple, which is one of the Pyramids of Chephren. Then you will be driven back to the hotel. Overnight in Cairo.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch

Day 3: Cairo Sightseeing Tour

Breakfast in the hotel, and then your private guide will escort you to the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chefren, and Mykerinus. Subsequent to this, a visit to the Great Sphinx. Also included is a visit to the Valley Temple of the Pyramids of Chephren. Take your lunch at a good-quality restaurant, then move to visit the Egyptian Museum, where you will be seeing the wonderful collection of Tutankhamun besides numerous other interesting artifacts. Continue your tour to Coptic Cairo to visit Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Hanging Church. By nightfall, you will continue driving to the area of Islamic Cairo to visit Khan El Khalili, Cairo's old bazaar. Subsequently, you will be transported back to the Cairo hotel and overnight accommodation in Cairo.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch

Day 4: Fly Cairo to Luxor - Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise

After breakfast, check out from your hotel in Cairo, then transfer to Cairo Airport for a flight to Luxor. Discover the 5-star luxurious Nile cruise, the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise, in Luxor for a relaxing week sailing the Nile on board. After lunch onboard the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise, go on an excursion to see the vast temple complex of Amon-Ra at Karnak and the great hypostyle hall with its 137 columns, then the Luxor Museum. Overnight, we moored on the banks of the Nile in Luxor.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 5: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise - Luxor and Dendera

After breakfast, go on an excursion to the After breakfast, go on an excursion to the West Bank to visit the tombs of the pharaohs, the Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen `in 1922. Continue to the Medinet Habu temple and the Colossi of Memnon. Return to the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise and sail onwards to Qena (noon time) to visit the Temple of Dendera, dedicated to Hathor, Goddess. Overnight in Qena.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
to visit the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in 1922. Continue to the Medinet Habu temple and the Colossi of Memnon.
Return to the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise and sail onwards to Qena (noon time) to visit the Temple of Dendera, dedicated to Hathor, Goddess. Overnight in Qena.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 6: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise - Luxor Sightseeing

Breakfast on board your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise to Luxor. Disembark to visit the Valley of the Nobles' tombs, Deir el-Medina. Visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, built by the architects of the New Kingdom Pharaoh Hatshepsut during the 15th century BC. Transfer to East Bank to visit the imposing Luxor Temple. Dinner and overnight on board the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 7: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise - Edfu Temple

Following breakfast aboard the Nile Cruise, tour the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu, which remains well preserved. Dinner and overnight aboard your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise at Edfu.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 8: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise - Aswan Tours

Sail to Aswan, have breakfast aboard your Nile cruise, and spend a day sightseeing in Aswan. Visit the Aswan High Dam (completed 1971) and the Old Dam (completed 1902). Travel also to visit the Temple of Philae, for the goddess Isis, a building saved from the encroaching waters of Lake Nasser during the construction of the High Dam. Return to the Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise and overnight at Aswan.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 9: Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise - Kom Ombo Temple

Breakfast onboard the Nile cruise during sailing to Kom Ombo in order to see the rare Temple of Sobek, which is a temple of Sobek, the crocodile god, and Horus, the falcon-headed god. Lunch onboard. Continue to sail towards Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board your luxury Nile cruise.


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 10: Oberoi Zahra - Optional Tour to Abu Simbel

Breakfast on board your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise with time at leisure in Aswan, or upgrade to our recommended optional tour to Egypt's best-loved tourist destination, the Abu Simbel temple, carved out of the mountain face by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC as an enduring memorial to himself and his queen Nefertari. Dinner and stay overnight on board your Nile Cruise


Meals Included :
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Day 11: Aswan - Cairo - Fly Back Home

Breakfast onboard with free time. Offboard your Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise, and thereafter you will be transferred to Aswan Airport for the Aswan-Cairo airport flight. Upon arrival, Around Egypt Tours representative will meet and assist you to the hotel in an air-conditioned deluxe vehicle


Day 12: Final Departure

Breakfast in the hotel, and then depart from Cairo International Airport for the last departure. At the end of your 12-Day Luxury Cairo & Oberoi Zahra Nile Cruise



Meals Included :
Breakfast
Included:

•    Meet and assist  by our representatives at airports.
•    Assistance of our guest relations during your stay
•    4 nights accommodation at Four Seasons Hotel at the First Residence, including daily breakfast.
•    7 nights  accommodation for 7 nights on board Zahra Nile cruise on full board  basis
•    Domestic flight Cairo/Luxor–Aswan/Cairo
•    Free WiFi service at the hotel, on the Nile cruise and abroad vehicle
•    English speaking tour guide.
•    All sightseeing tours are private guided tours.
•    Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites in the itinerary.
•    Bottled water during the trips.
•    All transfers by a private, air-conditioned deluxe vehicle.
•    All service charges and taxes.

Excluded:

•  International Airfare
•  Any optional tours
•  Personal spending
•  Tipping Kitty

Prices:
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Winter Prices: (Oct. to April.)
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Notes:

• Prices
Prices are quoted in US Dollars per person per trip, except during Christmas, New Year & Easter holidays. The price of Solo is valid for solo traveler who is travelling alone.

•    Children Policy
0 - 01.99 Free of Charge
2 - 5.99 pay 25% of tour price
6 - 11.99 pay 50% of tour price
12+ pay full tour price as per adult person
If your tour package includes airfare, extra charges for your children may be applied.

•    Payment Policy
Bookings should be made as early as possible to book what meets your need. Spaces will be guaranteed upon receiving a deposit of 25 %, and during the Christmas and New Year holidays and tour packages the required deposit is 50%. This deposit forms a part of your final payment. Deposits can only be made by bank transfer or Western Union

•    Egypt Entry Visa
Egypt entry visa is available upon arriving Egypt airports with USD 25 per passport for specific nationalities and you need to check before.


•    Tipping
It is a familiar attitude for expressing your satisfaction of good services offered to you by staff on duty with you. We advise if you are willing to offer it, this will be great and if not, you are not obliged to do it.